Typically Ken and I reserve our October shows for Halloween merriment. With all our recent scheduling and technical problems, however, we’ve elected to devote this episode to some unfinished business — namely spotlighting three new releases that certainly warrant your attention. Suffice it to say you won’t be disappointed with: “Critical Hit” ...

In an effort to minimize our bills, a little over a month ago we decided to cancel our cable.  It's come up about every year, but we never really followed through.  Not that I watch a butt load of TV, but I did have some TV shows I felt I ...

Nathan Fillion, who played the lead in Firefly, the voice of Green Lantern, and currently starring in ABC’s Castle, will once again become a comic book character. He was first preserved on paper as Mal from Firefly in the graphic novel Serenity: Those Left Behind. Now the series of ghost-written mysteries ...

If you’ve never seen Marian Call perform and you’re within a reasonable distance of Austin, Texas you really should get over to the Blackerby Violin Shop this evening. If you aren’t near enough to make it to Austin to see the show you can catch it on the web. Check ...

This is definitely my favorite costume story from San Diego Comic-Con this year. Molly Quinn showed up at the Comic-Con Castle panel wearing a well-planned Captain Mal Reynolds costume. I’m still trying to dig up a picture of Fillion’s face when he saw her in costume, but it must have been ...

While neither the first nor (alas) the longest-running television space Western, Joss Whedon’s Firefly managed to capture the attention of a legion of fans even after its unceremonious cancellation. It’s a license that lives on, thanks both to an expansion into other media (such as comic books) and the dogged ...

Today is the 47th birthday of Joss Whedon, geek icon extraordinaire. Without Whedon, the world of geekdom would have had no Buffy the Vampire Slayer, no Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, and no Firefly/Serenity. The mere fact that Firefly famously had only one incompletely broadcast series on TV, yet acquired such ...

Geeky cultural mashup artist James Hance is at it again. He’s lending his talents to Can’t Stop the Serenity, an organization that screens the 2005 film, Serenity, to raise money for the charity Equality Now which aims to end violence and discrimination against women worldwide. His latest work combines the characters ...

Browncoats: Redemption is a fan film that takes place in the Firefly universe. Proceeds from the DVD sales go to charity, making this project even more shiny. There was a lot of build up for Browncoats: Redemption leading up to the world premiere of the movie at Dragon*Con 2010. The staff ...

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